Where to watch Kinuyo Tanaka in the UK
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Kinuyo Tanaka (田中 絹代 Tanaka Kinuyo, 29 November 1909 – 21 March 1977) was a Japanese actress and director. Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at seventeen years old, appearing in Heinosuke Gosho's An Embarrassing Dream in 1927. She proceeded to take leading parts in, among others, Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929, Gosho's Aiyoku no ki in 1930, and in 1931, Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by Gosho. She had a close working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi, having parts in 15 of his films, in…
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- Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970) as Tsuta
- Red Beard (1965) as Madame Yasumoto
- Ugetsu (1953) as Miyagi
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Tamaki
- The Three Treasures (1959) as Princess Yamato
- The Ballad of Narayama (1958) as Orin
- The Life of Oharu (1952) as Oharu
- Sandakan No. 8 (1974) as Old Osaki
- Equinox Flower (1958) as Kiyoko Hirayama
- A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) as Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
- The Moon Has Risen (1955) as Yoneya
- The Storm (1956) Cast
- Girls of the Night (1961) Director
- Her Brother (1960) as Mother
- Forever a Woman (1955) as Neighbor's Wife
- Mother (1952) as Masako Fukuhara
- Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949) as Oiwa / Osode
- Love Under the Crucifix (1962) Director
- Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949) as Oiwa / Osode
- The Fencing Master (1962) as Oharu
- A Legend or Was It? (1963) as Shizuko Sonobe
- Lullaby of the Earth (1976) Cast
- Flowing (1956) as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
- The Wandering Princess (1960) Director
- Miss Oyu (1951) as Oyû Kayukawa
- A Hen in the Wind (1948) as Tokiko Amamiya
- Brother and Sister (1953) Assistant Director
- Love Letter (1953) as Landlady
- The Woman in the Rumor (1954) as Hatsuko Mabuchi
- Eternity of Love (1961) as Michi's Mother
- Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953) as Hiroko Ogata
- Ginza Cosmetics (1951) as Yukiko Tsuji
- The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) as Sumako Matsui
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959) as Myokan
- The Munekata Sisters (1950) as Setsuko Munekata
- The Eternal Rainbow (1958) as Fumi
- Alone Across the Pacific (1963) as Youth's Mother
- Five Sisters (1954) Cast
- Sincere Heart (1953) as Kuniko
- Dragnet Girl (1933) as Tokiko
- Army (1944) as Waka
- The Scent of Incense (1964) as Tsuna
- On This Earth (1957) as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
- The Inner Palace Conspiracy (1951) as Onaka
- Women of the Night (1948) as Fusako Owada
- Mama, I Need You! (1962) Cast
- Okoto and Sasuke (1935) as Okoto
- Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972) as The Old Family Mistress
- Wedding Ring (1950) as Noriko Kuki
- Burden of Life (1935) as Itsuko Kuriyama
- I Graduated, But... (1929) as Machiko Nomoto
- The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933) as Kaoru, a dancer
- How Sorrowful (1956) Cast
- Bright Sea (1963) as Nobuko Yazaki
- House of Many Pleasures (1955) as Oshige
- Men vs. Women (1936) Cast
- Double Wedding (1963) Cast
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932) as Yae
- The Ataka Family (1952) as Kuniko Ataka
- The Lady of Musashino (1951) as Michiko Akiyama
- Story of Lightning (1951) Cast
- Let's Go, Grandma! (1975) as Kiku Sasaki
- The Neighbour's Wife and Mine (1931) as Wife of the Playwright
- Stepbrothers (1957) as Rie
- Sisters of Nishijin (1952) Cast
- Osayo Koi Sugata (1934) as Osayo
- Victory Song (1945) as Woman who sings lullaby
- Yellow Crow (1957) as Yukiko Matsumoto
- The Genealogy of Women (1934) as Otsuta
- Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932) as Oshige
- I Flunked, But... (1930) as Cafe's Waitress
- Kono sora no aru kagiri (1964) Cast
- Mother and Child (1938) as Chieko
- Young Lady (1930) as Kinuko
- The Blacksmith of the Forest (1929) as Omitsu
- Geisha in the Old City (1957) as Oei
- Air Raid of the Enemy Plane (1943) as Kiyo
- Ornamental Hairpin (1941) as Emi
- Spring Thunder (1939) Cast
- King of the Land (1928) as Namiko
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Most-watched Kinuyo Tanaka films currently: Red Beard (1965), Ugetsu (1953), Sansho the Bailiff (1954), The Three Treasures (1959), The Ballad of Narayama (1958).
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Selected TV credits: Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970).
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